Brickbat: Giving Them the Bird

Officials with New York's Glen Falls High School have told Ben Brodeur he can't use a portrait of himself with a parrot as his student photo in the yearbook. Officials say allowing students to pose with pets isn't classy and if they allow it it could lead to students flashing gang signs or using obscene gestures in their photos.

Comments

[Old Man With Candy]

The dude in the photo blew his ex-wife's brains out. It's a slippery slope between parrots and murder.

[Suthenboy]

Aparrotly you do not know your birds.

[Old Man With Candy]

"Why didn't it say something?"

[Idle Hands]

Was it this guy?

[Bryan C]

The parrots are always there. Right over your shoulder. Whispering. Telling you to do horrible things. Awful things. Do you hear them? DO YOU HEAR THEM?

[Ted S.]

Anybody think we're not going to get Morning Links because of the "holiday"?

[UnCivilServant]

Hey, I'm working on the holiday, you private sector types should be too.

[sarcasmic]

I would be at work, except that daycare is closed.

[UnCivilServant]

I'm doing server maintenence. It's nice and quiet here with everyone else gone. And a lot of what's on my plate today doesn't require much thought, so snarking shouldn't interrupt it.

[sarcasmic]

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-01-01/

[UnCivilServant]

*sniffles* I'll just take my consolation other day off in lieu of holiday pay and curl up in the corner.

[Gene]

Judging by the fact we have Brickbrat, I would look for an A.M. links, oh and happy turkey day to the half dozen or so other Canucks in these parts.

[Ted S.]

I wish our Canadian readers a happy day of enjoying their Kraft Dinner and poutine before sitting down on their chesterfields to watch Curling for Toonies.

[Gene]

It's like you've been watching us.

[Swiss Servator, Grundgesetz!]

Quick, check your windows for Ted S.!

[BigT]

Wouldn't a photo with gang signs help the cops prove gang affiliation and conspiracies?

[UnCivilServant]

That's what Facebook is for. It casts a net beyond the people who've stayed in school

[John C. Randolph]

I can't wait for Jimmy Buffet fans to sue over this.

-jcr

[The Hyperbole]

allowing students to pose with pets isn't classy

In the schools defense this kids picture had no lasers or ethereal superimposed close-ups of the parrot, so yeah not very classy.

[JW]

Don't bring the Toto if you can't do the photo.

[Alan Vanneman]

I see the cockatoo, but where are the oranges? And that ain't no fucking peignoir.

[The Late P Brooks]

It's "Glens Falls" if anybody really cares.

If the school administrators wanted to be honest, they'd have all the students wear prison stripes for their yearbook pix.

[Rhywun]

Maybe they're protecting the kid from a beatdown by the cool kids.

[Invisible Finger]

First: It's a cockatoo.

Second: Keep your eye on the sparrow.